On 22 Oct 2009, at 09:37, [email protected] wrote: > ... one Keith Jones, who built some steam-powered narrowboats in the > 1980s/1990s? One called Firefly and one called Benson, I believe. > Benson is listed on the steam boat association's website. > > Someone mentioned Jones to me recently and I'm just curious.
Firefly at least was sometime available to hire, through Blakes I think. I think operated from the Leicester area. I tried to book it once, but Keith was taking them off hire. (Maybe it was Welford, or nearby) I had tentatively agreed to do a special hire - we would pay a nominal amount but deliver the boat to Staffordshire. In the end we lost touch and it didn't happen. So we tried to hire Blue Nun. Don't start me off ! Beeky
